market value

noun

: the price at which something can be sold : the price that buyers are willing to pay for something

determining the car's market value

The house sold below market value.

Examples of market value in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Historically, mid-caps were companies with market values between $2 billion and $10 billion. —Larry Light, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

The stock plunged, slashing over $100 billion from market value within hours. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025

Its market value has accelerated past $379 billion and into the list of top 20 most valuable U.S companies, surpassing Salesforce, IBM and Cisco to join the top 10 U.S. tech companies by market cap. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025

Why do property assessments increase? State law requires all property assessments to be within 10% of the market value, so municipalities conduct annual re-assessments, or revaluations, to ensure values reflect any changes in the current market. —Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for market value

• eigenvalue
• undervalue

Kids Definition

market value

noun

: a price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business

Legal Definition

market value

noun

1

: the price at which a buyer is ready and willing to buy and a seller is ready and willing to sell

2

: market price sense 1